by Jeremy Clift, author of Born in Space Hanging up your hat? For generations, we were told that technology would give us more leisure. Machines would perform the repetitive work. Computers would make offices vastly more efficient. Robots would take over dangerous and unpleasant jobs. And, as productivity increased, people would work fewer hours while enjoying higher standards of living. Science fiction embraced the idea enthusiastically. The Jetsons imagined a future in whic